13th day of the 11th lunar month: a fire broke out from the shop of the hair-dresser Tomokur˘ in the district of Nihonbashi Fukiya-ch˘.
It spread and burnt both the Ichimuraza and the Nakamuraza, killing many spectators.

1807 (Bunka 4)

4th lunar month: "Chikagoro Kawara no Tatehiki" was adapted for Kabuki for the first time, in ďsaka at the Horie no Shibai (casting unknown).

6th lunar month: Band˘ Mitsugor˘ III performed at the Ichimuraza in a 3-role Kiyomoto-based hengemono entitled "Mata Koko-ni Kabuki no Hanadashi".
The 3 roles were Take-no-Uchi no Sukeneya (a legendary character famous for his extraordinary long life), a fisherman fighting a giant octopus and a tekomai festival dancer.
The fisherman and the dancer were nowadays independent dances, which were staged under the respective titles of "Amiuchi" and "Omatsuri".

9th lunar month: Seki Sanjűr˘ II, who was about to travel back to his native Kamigata after 19 seasons spent in Edo, performed his onagori ky˘gen at the Nakamuraza.
The program included a 5-role hengemono entitled "Kaesu Gaesu Onagori no ďtsue".
The 5 roles were the Wisteria Maiden, a blind masseur, the God Tenjin, a footman (yakko) and a boatman. These roles were created based on ˘tsue, popular paintings made in the city of ďtsu (close to Ky˘to).
Three of these roles were still part of the current Kabuki repertoire: the Wisteria Maiden (the first version of the famous dance "Fuji Musume"), the blind masseur ("Zat˘") and the footman ("Sekisan Yakko").

21st day of the 3rd lunar month: a fire broke out from the shop of Owariya Tokuemon, in the district of Kanda Sakuma-ch˘.
It spread and destroyed the Edo theaters district. The Nakamuraza, the Ichimuraza and the Kawarazakiza were burnt to ashes.

2nd lunar month: the "Goj˘bashi" scene of "ďgiya Kumagai", which was not in the original puppet drama, was
added to this drama for the first time and staged in ďsaka at the Kado no Shibai [more details].

12th day of the 5th lunar month: the actor Naritaya S˘bŕ (1766~1835) died.

6th lunar month: the play "Sesshű Gapp˘-ga-Tsuji", which was originally written for the puppet theater and staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1773,
was adapted for Kabuki for the first time, in Ky˘to at the Kitagawa no Shibai [casting].

Beginning of the Tenp˘ reforms led by Mizuno Tadakuni; sumptuary laws were enforced and the Kabuki world was targeted: the theaters had to move to the remote district of Saruwaka-ch˘,
performances within the precincts of temples or shrines were forbidden, actors prints were temporarily proscribed and the Edo star Ichikawa Ebiz˘ V was exiled to Kamigata.

The actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII organized a great
pilgrimage to the Narita Fud˘ temple, gathering a band of forty people (actors, hair-dressers, musicians, geisha and taiko mochi from the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter).
They reveled nights and days on the way to the temple, there and on the way back to Edo. According to the chronicles, this revellers pilgrimage
costed around 1,200 ry˘, a huge amount of money at that time.

September: the zamotoMorita Kan'ya XII
produced at the Shintomiza an original play "Hy˘ryű Kidan Seiy˘ Kabuki" ("A strange story about drifters and Western Kabuki"!), written by Kawatake Shinshichi II and staged with some Western actors.
The plot was about the adventures of a group of Japanese in
Europe and in the USA. The play included several Italian-style operettas, which disconcerted the audience.
This original performance was a complete commercial failure.

June: the play "R˘ben Sugi no Yurai", which was originally written for the puppet theater and staged for the first time
in February 1887 in ďsaka, was adapted for Kabuki for the first time and staged at the Minamiza [more details].